基本説明
Covers four main themes: Law and the State; Culture and Identity; Public Morality and the Citizen; and The Death of the English Constitution.
Full Description
Law and Opinion in Twentieth Century Britain and Ireland covers four main themes: Law and the State; Culture and Identity; Public Morality and the Citizen; The Death of the English Constitution; each theme being analyzed through two essays authored by leading British and Irish academics. The book provides a substantial and readable analysis of the relationship between law and opinion in Britain and Ireland, with a special focus on the question of culture, identity and the state.
Contents
Preface; C.Campbell Introduction; A.V.Dicey PART ONE: LAW AND THE STATE Public Opinion, Political Education and Citizenship; W.J.Morgan The Triumph of Individualism?; I.Forbes PART TWO: CULTURE AND IDENTITY Language, Law and Politics; C.H.Williams Ethnicity and Education in 20th Century Britain; M.Leicester PART THREE: PUBLIC MORALITY AND THE CITIZEN Matrimonial Property: Legan Developments and Social Trends in the 20th Century; L.Glennon Public Opinion and the Regulation of Conception; E.Jackson PART FOUR: THE DEATH OF THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION? Europe and its Impact on the United Kingdon; D.Wincott & J.Buller Dicey and the Celtic Nations: A Nightmare come to Life?; S.W.Livingstone Bibliography Index
